The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 1 January 1932 — Page 8

THE DAILY BANNER. GEM vr \STLE, INDIANA, FRIDAY, JANFARY 1,1932

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May 1932 bring vou plenty of the best things in life is onr 5 ncere ■vish.

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The follc^ing is the story told to • Smith, 18, night operator at Roachdale telephone cwithcboard, of the robbery of the Roafhdale bank December 16 by a gang of ten heavilv armed men. The bandits hel' Mii= Smith, her little lister, Margery, and F. R. Jarvis, right telegraph operator at the B & 0. Moron depot, in 1 the telephone office jus above the bank w ile the safe was being M vr and estaped about 3:30 a. m. wit’n ioot estimated by officials of the tar... $4,500.

Following is Miss i waa awakened

pcunding i

Smith’s story about 2:45 by

^•someone pcunding on the door 'ind r.allooing, "Smitty! SmittyF’ 1 ie- | cogmze > the vcice of Mr. Jarvis, the i! telegraph operator. I groped my way 1! through the control room into the

- ivii. fcittn 'hi.' • "h • powerless, while down below, j a few feet away, the bank was :. The cniv tr.ing p > , oul>j ■ to sit still and try t. th.nk of

. ndcned them all as just plain. , , ,te. All this time the blasts were! r ing off. V/e tried to see out the windows i. ,t it was so dark you couldn’t dis- . -■ , ne object fr v,-,t . r.t > ar \1 r. .v.s fold me to stay away from the r ivs because we couldn't run any risk of being see :. h v e then thought r. f the fits siren, perhaps it would wake somebod- and ,ey would know something was haptr.;ng Bu' i,; vain. The siren, which y ..perated by eiectiicity, had been silenced by the shrewd men. The time dragged slowly, punctual-

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gate the possibility of finding useful

FORESTS work for the country population by

leaching them how to care for the STOCKHOLM (UP)—The Swedish I government forests Particularly they

to give work would learn how to increase the use unemployed, i of Swedish firewood and charcoal in

government, desiring

instead of doles to the — . . P I

has appointed a committee to investi- the domestic market.

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jhgi. . i didn't nr. w 'till then that the ed to lift the bunding up and set «j Cc , ach Griffin said.

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RENO. Nev., Dec 31, (UP)—Nevada universit' - .. e team advo- , ates making marriage harder and dr-

vorce easier.

On a tiip to be j<* ^ ji.to the northest this winter, the University of Nevada debate te:.*’ ; i, according to C ach Robert r Gr.ffin, will take bo'h negative and affirmative stands on the subject of whether the tendsscy toward easy divorce in the Uniter States constitutes a social menace. ‘‘On our trip we will uphold both the affirmative and negative side*,

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blasts from below. The last v '’ as I a |rh 0U gn in a majority of cases rst It was deafening it stem . n p ro j, a bly defend easy divorces,

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aown. The stove seemed to r.se two i jbe Nevada teacher believes in mak inches and the coai jarred down a,i ' j n ~ divorces easier and mamage . tie! 'tie cons, which ga-e us Ou. harder. “Most divorced persons reni - light The night alarm was 011 1 UiaTr y t a nd in so doing are more cared at tiie last blast eh the hops tmjf U [ j n choosing a second, mate,” be

the board fell and the alarm bell rang gai j

has contributed to our steady employment and we take this opportunity of expressing" our appreciation and wishing you A Happy and Prosperous New Year The Employees of the Owl and Heenor^s Drug Stores

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loudly. I spii.ng to the beard and mined the alaim off for fear that tiie

guard would think we were

electricity was turned off.

i answered Mr. Jarvis and asked him if it was the bank, for that was jfi| the fist thing 1 thought of- “Let me a* in quick, Smitty, and I’ll tell you,” lj| be sa.d. Tiie icora was in total dark11 ness, but somehow I reached the door & and unlocked it. It was so dark I

ccuidn t see him r.cr the man who' ,nail on

brought him. I let him in and shut the spreading the alarm.

door.' j Several shots were fire j d ’ ,hen , al1 Inatuial step in social evolution, that Mr. Jarvis told me they were blow ' %vas 51:11 Pinaii> ’ ‘’' e lieal l d Cr “ n ‘ ; ‘ mg ! American people are coming to be

1 glass in front of the bank, otherwise more talional

i they left quickly. Even our guard left , 'noiselessly and without a word to us. ity turned off ana men stationed on ■ every corner up town. The man who brought him up said for us to keep our mouths shut ar.d not attempt to give any alarm or he would be right in. What would happen then I dare not think. For what is one or two

ing the bank, that the telegraph and | telephone lines were cut, the electric-

JANUARY CLEARANCE SALE In order to make room for new 1932 stock, we are offering unusual values on our merchandise now on hands For example:

more lives to him, especially when his

own is in danger.

We three sat around the stove j

. Mr. Jarvis hallooed out the door to ! : . ake sure cur guard was really gone. | As soon as we dared, we iightei 11. itches and I tried several conneci t-.ons on the board. Aii were cut but two which, luckily, were no: in the

cable.

I notified the Bainbridge and Ladoga operators and told them to tell ryone possible and the chief of po-

Gne of the main points to be used b; me team in its negative defense, Griffin stated, is that the tendency toward easy divorce seems to be a

in their viewpoints on

marriage and divorce.

Nevada debateis will probably have u great chance to defend their s.and on divorce, one similai to that taken t y their state when ttte six weeks divorce law was passed, when they in-

. j; the northwest.

Season’s Greetings Conscious of an inn or prompting, wo are endeavoring to extend the citizens of Greencastle and this coi u limit y cur sincere best wishes, for a Prosperous New Year Lueteke’s Bakery

PARIS STYLES

PARIS, Dec. 31, (UP)—Little Boy

which gave a feeble glow, and even j.; e a t Crawfordsville. Then I called I Biue has nclhln F on Tile Lady 111 Red ’. aV - .-ilv.-Ji - t Fi a T r>T

then you could hardly see t foot away

from you.

In a whisper, Mr. Jarvis told me how they had attacked him, while I gazed u; seeingiy at where I thought he was sitting from the sound of his voice. He said he begged them to let him stay with me because he knew I

would be scared.

Of course we quieted down

the telegraph operator at Crawfords-P 1 slde,ed trom 1,16 P GInt of , view t of vile i!.d told him to serni repair men.! 51 ’ le - ait,stry or in,nn « c value n La L Jarvis- left teen an. told me | Dame en Rouge, as the latter is called - keep as quiet as possible and stayi ntre ’ ' ias nlany vers:ons of ,he in the office. About thirty minutes j fure she P resents in tr ' e fash:on £al ‘

iatei the police were here from Indi- ie ‘'''

anapolis.

As for being afraid, I don’t know. I I think l acted calm enough but how when i evei kept from screaming or crying,

the man guarding us coughed or waik- j 1 c n't k tow and never snail. It ail ed around Af’ei ■; wkile Mi Jams ' seems like a dream. I’ve alwa'-g heard took off his shoes so he could w»Jk noout »ueh tilings as this but 1 never around v, hout making any noise. d.earned tha it would i.appen to me.

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jVf|Ay our business relations with you continue to be as pleasant in 1932 as hey have in the past is our wish on this New Year's Day. ETTER’S GARAGE RAIPH ETTEF

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Meyer, substituting tissue for paint to the artist Premet, who uses a pair of scissors and skillful neeuie insteud of crushes to produce a work of sit, shows himself a master with the warp and woof cf threads He makes two versions of a tweedy wool cloth called syiveiya and lorelya, in diffeient tones of red, one trimmed with beige, 1 and the other with red of a brighter j tint. The material is flecked with kttle flakes of white like the first

flmterings of snow.

Premet, on the first, the daiker of the two materials, uses the same type of cloth in a engoter shade for a soft <i . h coil a t and inseitions in the belt. A purse is of the same material and shade as the collai, but Ike gloves and ka’ aie of a slightly darker tone The j re I aid beige combination for the I other Premet portrait, Iightei all the jv.: around, has an almost brilliant pmse and hat; the V-neck cf the bod|i e had a i.iftled collai showing godel j inserts of beige, a beig buckle on the ,'eii and beige flower at the shoulder; jhtue gloves and hose. Plain opera' pumps in deep ied suede or doeskin seem lo he the rich foundation from which the lighter tones of red gradually evolve. • 9 JcU If AND hi t I A I K VI: 11 ,| ;LATTLE, (IF, Kemmiscenl of Jaa, and Beanstalk was an 11-fool ( ..taio - Inc Niat climbed up tiie side 1 of the hon.: of ir and Airs I . I

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/a onr Sincere wish Today / he lfuu>n (it A Nd,i> Year — mV

W appreciate youi patronage and value yoiu' friendship.

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ttf Gi BFLT GROwN COGUILLt, Die.. (UP)—A m n stei beei weighing 3e pounds has keen raised here i* Brine Owen it piovetr excellent eitii.g w hen cooked.

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HEN ENDS DEPRESSION COTTAGE GROVE, Ore, (IP)—' Piobably deciding the depression was o' er, a White leghorn hen owned by Ru\ faplm has produced an egg that t.ghs mx ounces it I as a measurement of 6 1-2 by 7 11-18 inches

MODERN Ni Rbl Ru J 10 .p(.<v, (bFi Ihe poptilaiiiy 1 ' a is in " hi it a: is incr.asii g. Ii.:s fact can be gauged from the recognition accorded to the chudrer. of the married-couple by an enteiprising gaisge. The management has t-et .side an entire corner of the puiking space for the mechanical ir.iniatuics leftstUiit h. patroiiS hu so to the theatei 0«ei that space a sign lias been painted m laig“ red letters: Nursery- Fcr Baby (. Only.

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given under the auspices of the

uincii • fit Washington, D. C., to comtnetnmrnte the 76th annivt’ -ary of the birth of her husband, wartune President of the United States. Mrs. Woodrow Wilson Is shown a, she listened to the eulogies uii the l»te president. With Mrs. Wilson is Miss Ellen Gowen Hood (left), chairman of the Women’s Democratic Com-

mittee of Pennsylvania.

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Guest of honor at a luncheon Women’s Democratic Committee

BROaIK’AST AMi SES SON aI ADI SON, Wis-, (( Pi— Glenn! Trank, Jr, young son of the Univar- | eity of Wisconsin piesident, recently i heard his lather extolled over ihe radio by Frazier Hunt Members of the family revealed that, al ihe con- 1 elusion of the broadcast, the boy! chuckled and announced: “Well, v-dl! i J hardly recognize the old man my- 1 self.”

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